Protector for laundried shirts.



N. J. GOODMAN.

PROTECTOR FOR LAUNDRIED SHIRYS. AFPucATIoN HLED AUG.5. 1915.

@y M Mgr/7@ ,IIATHAN J. GOODMAN, OF STVLOUISgM-ISSOURI.

PROTECTOR non .LAUNDRIED sitters.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pgttmlt-,Qd Jam, 115, jittfg,

Applicatie mea atgut 5, 1915, serial No. 43,876'.

To all 'whom 'it may concer/li; y

Be it known that I, NATHAN J. GOODMAN, a citizen of the United States, Aand resident of St. Louis,Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Protectors for Lanndried Shirts, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in protectors for laundried shirts, wherein a thin, transparent sheet of paper having its end margin doubled to form a casing to receive a reinforce is secured along its side margins to a relatively inflexible sheet of paper of less width than the thin sheet to form an open ended tubular envelop for shirts.

The objects of my improvements are to construct a protector comprising a backing sheet of relatively infieXible material of the approximate dimensions of a folded and laundried shirt and a thin, transparent sheet of greater width than the back having its side margins folded and adhesively secured to the rear face of the backing in a manner permitting free articulation of the side margins of the thin, transparent sheet relative to the inflexible backing and to' provide at at least one of the end margins of the thin sheet a casing in which is held a reinforce such as a cable, wire or string whereby to obviate tearing the thin sheet in the intro` duction of a shirt within the protector.

My invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, specifically designated in my claim and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front face view of the protector on a reduced scale, showing a portion of the thin transparent sheet broken away to reveal the reinforcing element;

Fig. 2 is a fragmental, longitudinal seotional elevation showing the reinforce for the end margin of the thin transparent sheet;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the protector;

Fig. 4 is a fragmental perspective taken from the front of the protector; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmental perspective, with parts broken away, taken from the rear of the protester,

Referring by numerals to the accompany ing drawings:

6 designates the backing sheet which 1s of rectangular, oblong shape, and made of relatively stiff, inflexible paper, to the end that it will prevent soiling a shirt by creasing or folding during handling.

The numeral 7 designates the front of the protector and is made of thin, transparent paper, in order that the pattern or style of a shirt may be visible therethrough, and which conforms in shape to the backing sheet G. This thin sheet is secured along its side margins to the backing sheet and forms therewith a tubular cover or envelop into which a shirt or other article is slipped and in order to minimize tearing the thin sheet along its secured margins in the introduction of a shirt or the like between it and the backing, I form at each side margin of the thin sheet a flap such as 8, which I adhesively secure to the rear face of the backing sheet and as shown in the drawing the folding lines 9 between the body of the thin sheet and its iaps are eX- tended beyond and unattached to the backing, whereby said margins may articulate relative to the margins of the backing upon the insertion of a shirt or the like between the thin sheet and the backing.

At at least one end margin of the thin sheet I form a casing 10, by doubling the margin over the body, insert a cable, string, wire or other reinforcing element and securing the doubled back margin by adhesion to tl e body. This reinforced end margin extends the full width of the thin sheet and is folded and secured to the backing the same as the remaining lengths of the mar- O'ms. c It will thus be seen that I have produced a protector for shirts, which. will largely prevent soiling by folding or creasing m handling, one through which the pattern or style of' shirt is visible, obviating withdraw ing the shirt from the protector to det-ermine its pattern and style, one which prevents tearing the transparent sheet at the end upon the insertion of a shirt or other article, and one which provides for articulation of the side margins of the thin transparent sheet relative to the backing sheetto obviate tearing when distended by the 1n- Itroduction of a shirt or the like,

Having thus described rny invention,

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what I claim as new therein andhdesire toi secure by Letters Patent of the States therefor, is

In a protector for laundried shirts., a backing sheet Constructed relatively inflexible material of the approximate-dimensions of a laundried and folded shirt, a thin,` iexible sheet having dimensions in one direction greater than the dimensions of said backing sheet, an integral casing formed along one margin of said thin sheet and a Cord secured in said easing, said thin sheet including its Casing and saidcord secured United Copies of this patent maybe obtained for along opposite margins of said backing sheet and forming therewith a" tubular proteetor for laundried shirts, the. cord arranged to prevent tearing of the thin sheet upon the introduction'of a shirt into the protectors. f Y

In testimony whereof, I have signed Vmy name tothis speeioation, in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

, NATHAN J. GOODMAN.

W'itnesses E. L. WALLACE, R. G. CRAIG.

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